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How one Bluetooth adapter can change the way you use your car
Tech Hacks

How one Bluetooth adapter can change the way you use your car

You'll finally be able to pinpoint what the check engine light means.

The Atlantic cod’s migratory supergene comes at a cost
Fish

The Atlantic cod’s migratory supergene comes at a cost

Cod have a supergene that makes them great swimmers—and unfortunately easy dinner.

Last week in tech: Jony Ive left Apple, ‘The Office’ is quitting Netflix, and we tried the iOS 13 beta
Technology

Last week in tech: Jony Ive left Apple, ‘The Office’ is quitting Netflix, and we tried the iOS 13 beta

Catch up on the week's biggest tech news.

This cheap smartphone sensor could help you tell if old food is safe to eat
Climate Change

This cheap smartphone sensor could help you tell if old food is safe to eat

With a two-cent microchip, scientists can determine what's spoiled—and what's not.

Climate change highlighted text roundup
Climate Change

Keeping up with climate change: the latest news in one place

12 things we learned about climate change this month.

How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug
Medicine

How a Victorian heart medicine became a gay sex drug

Wake up and smell the poppers.

How to make your own butter
Projects

How to make your own butter

Feel like a pioneer, without all the dysentery and typhoid.

Poor lung cancer screening guidelines miss too many African American smokers
Cancer

Poor lung cancer screening guidelines miss too many African American smokers

African American smokers tend to smoke fewer cigarettes, but have a higher risk of lung cancer.

NASA’s new mission to Titan is looking for life in all the right places
Drones

NASA’s new mission to Titan is looking for life in all the right places

Saturn's moon is shockingly Earth-like, so NASA is sending a drone.

Astronomers just made one giant leap in solving a bizarre cosmic mystery
Space

Astronomers just made one giant leap in solving a bizarre cosmic mystery

Fast Radio Bursts have an origin story—and we’re closer to learning what it is.

We battled hordes of tourists to put a weather station in Everest’s ‘death zone’
Climate Change

We battled hordes of tourists to put a weather station in Everest’s ‘death zone’

Despite the challenges, it's still the world's highest weather station.

Too many antioxidants can give you cancer, and other facts about the misunderstood molecules
Diseases

Too many antioxidants can give you cancer, and other facts about the misunderstood molecules

And free radicals aren't always bad for you.

Natural selection can’t explain this bug’s bizarre horn
Evolution

Natural selection can’t explain this bug’s bizarre horn

Excerpt: Good Enough

Google and YouTube are giving you more control over your data and recommendations
Social Media

Google and YouTube are giving you more control over your data and recommendations

But you have to know where to look.

‘Prob-eye-otics’ could be the future of eye disease treatment
Diseases

‘Prob-eye-otics’ could be the future of eye disease treatment

Ophthalmologists are feeling inspired by the eyeball microbiome.

An e-cigarette shattered a teen’s jaw—here’s how they can turn explosive
Medicine

An e-cigarette shattered a teen’s jaw—here’s how they can turn explosive

Currently the FDA doesn’t require safety testing on any vaping devices before they are sold to consumers.

Naturalistic design is thriving as actual nature dies
Technology

Naturalistic design is thriving as actual nature dies

The world is ending but our electronics look livelier than ever.

Driverless car proponents love this stat. Too bad it’s a wreck.
Self Driving

Driverless car proponents love this stat. Too bad it’s a wreck.

Excerpt: Are We There Yet?

How to add wireless charging to your phone
Tech Hacks

How to add wireless charging to your phone

It's as easy as one, two, three inexpensive accessories.

NASA caught a sudden whiff of methane on Mars, but don’t hold your breath for space cows
Mars

NASA caught a sudden whiff of methane on Mars, but don’t hold your breath for space cows

The mystery of Martian farts won’t be solved overnight.